When I was a kid in Maine I worked for a produce farm for a year. One of the things we produced was cider (unpasturized). We would press a certain amount per week starting in Sept. The staff would set a few gallons aside from the first couple presses and by Thanksgiving it would be hard cider. By New Years it was becoming vinegar.

So you shouldnt have to do anything to make it hard cider. It won't however, be a hard apple ale which is what I'm trying to make. Anyone have a recipe for that?

Hey Bob, not sure what a hard apple ale is but I planon giving this a try soon. Robert

Fallen Apple Brown Ale Source: Bob Taylor Recipe added: 09/25/01 Email: twit21@gci.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I didn't make this beer every September, none of my thirsty friends (including my wife!) would ever forgive me! This is a dark-brown malty ale in the Southern English style. Looking at the hop addition, one might think that this brew would be on the sweet side - but the tartness from the apples and the apple cider also works to balance the beer. In writing this recipe, I was aiming for a beer that would have a faint apple aroma and a noticable apple-cider taste, balanced with the hops and the toasted malts. The Cara-Pils and wheat malts give this beer a KILLER head!